Jeb Bush CAN STOP death of TERRI SCHIAVO !!! CALL!!!

http://www.terrisfight.org ^ | pollywog

[pollywog]

I chose to put this on Breaking News because it just came on as Breaking NEWS on her website. PLEASE ,PLEASE go to the website http://www.terrisfight.org and read the letters that have just been sent to Jeb Bush in regards to the Terri Schiavo case. JEB BUSH can LEGALLY STOP THIS. CALL his office, CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, CALL and email the media.THE CLOCK is ticking to save her life.

Sorry if this post isn't " polished" and " refined" but I am not a seasoned " poster" here on FR.

[MarMema]

Hey some hospitals are having community service functions where they hand out living wills for people to sign.

You know, it's a service to the community, right?

So far they don't seem to be asking for tissue typing to be done right off the bat.

[windchime]

"I hope I haven't pinged anyone who minds..."


Many of us have become hypersensitive because of the stress caring causes. Your pings are always welcome here. Thank you.

[dandelion]

Dehydration... yes, we are praying. It would be a mercy for her to die quickly, but it will not be painlessly - otherwise, there would be no need for morphine.

God, be our judge. What can we do? Tell us.

[strela]

So they can be dehydrated to death more quickly?

Who do you think you are, to tell other people that they MUST take food and water? Have you always enjoyed playing God?

[strela]

Every 26 yr old ought to have their wills made out.

Yes. And your trying to tie this to schoolchildren or infants is a ridiculously lame debating tactic.

[MarMema]

She is supposedly off morphine now. I am about to begin praying for God to take her quickly, like now.

here's why. They said her parents got to see her after the tube was removed and complained that she was so heavily sedated. Supposedly Felos then went on tv or something and announced that since they complained she would not be given any more pain meds at all.

[MarMema]

Ever seen anyone die this way?

[trussell]

I prefer to be pinged. Thank you.

Blessings,
trussell

[strela]

but do you wish this were true so people could be dehydrated more quickly, instead of having to wait all the years of court battles?

Read my Post 464.

[MarMema]

to tell other people that they MUST take food and water

When and where did Terri say that she wished to not be fed or hydrated if she became brain-damaged?

[strela]

Ever seen anyone die this way?

Completely irrelevant to the discussion. If that is the way that somebody wants to go, then that's the way they should be allowed to go. Otherwise, you're playing God.

[Howlin]

Right. Every 26 yr old ought to have their wills made out

I hope you're not joking, because they certainly should. To say otherwise is to ignore reality.

[strela]

When and where did Terri say that she wished to not be fed or hydrated if she became brain-damaged?

False analogy and irrelevant. That is the tragedy in this case - that Schiavo DID NOT have a Living Will or other document on file detailing what treatment (if any) she wanted.

[MarMema]

And your trying to tie this to schoolchildren or infants is a ridiculously lame debating tactic.

Unfortunately Tigerseye is right on the money. A floor of brain damaged kids are next in line after Terri, and I am willing to bet they didn't make out their living wills yet...hope their parents can make good choices for them.

[strela]

More unassailable "logic." What next - you call me a "doodyhead?"

[MarMema]

So since we don't know what Terri would have wanted to do with her "right" to die, what is the way to proceed? Err on the side of life, or err on the side of death?

[MarMema]

Or let her loving, caring husband make the choice for her, as he now has.

[TigersEye]

To say otherwise is to ignore reality.

To believe that the average 26 yr old will seriously consider their mortality is ignoring reality, honey.

[huck von finn]

I'm upset because Schiavo apparently didn't have a Living Will or other instructions about what to do in a case like this.

That was my reaction too, for what it's worth. My mother left us a few years ago. She had a living will, and while it didn't make the process pleasant, she was able to die in comfort and dignity.